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How Constant Pressure and Demands Impact our Personal and Work Life with Fleur Peacock

Feb 26, 2026
Fleur Peacock, founder of More Moxie who creates embodied retreats and talks on nervous system regulation, courage, and reclaiming the body after survival. She explores how constant notifications and instant-access culture raise cognitive load and keep people in survival mode. Short, practical moments are offered to notice your body, breathe before responding, and build safer workplace connection.
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Digital Demand Permanently Raised After COVID

  • Post-COVID work patterns and the digital revolution have permanently increased demands on attention.
  • Fleur links remote work, Slack/notifications and 'Amazon Prime mindset' to a cognitive flood that shrinks attention and urgency for immediacy.
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Default Uncertainty Shrinks Tolerance Windows

  • Living in a default mode of uncertainty (jobs, AI, world events) chronically lowers people's tolerance windows.
  • Fleur explains that pre-existing activation from news or messages means employees arrive already dysregulated into the workday.
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Swan Analogy Explains Hidden Overwhelm

  • People often appear calm externally while their nervous system is 'flapping' underneath, which masks overwhelm and burnout.
  • Fleur uses the swan analogy to show how polished behaviour can hide frantic internal coping.
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